One week until broadband

It's been a real hassle getting broadband here. I'm using a 3 dongle with mobile broadband for studying and email but its pretty unstable because there is not much coverage in this area. That's really awesome since we both use 3 mobile haha.
Anyway, in waiting I thought I'd just put two pictures up to show the difference between our old hallway and the new one. I have plans for it, now its pretty much a white (magnolia) canvas like the rest of the house. First one is the old one, and the second one is the new place. I have a fireplace in the hallway!

Problems with moving house

So apparently no house is perfect. We moved in on Tuesday and these are the problems we encountered so far:

- Virgin media was supposed to install cable, phone and broadband on Wednesday but about the same day they figured out that our house wasn't in their system so they couldn't provide any services. Sky can do it instead but it will take some time because the house is listed.

-We have two boilers. none of them seem to be able to provide hot water tho. the plumber has been on his way for a few days now and is probably going to show up today between 11 and 13. The time when it is the most inconvenient for me ofc!

-The fridge has still not arrived. We paid our booking fee over a month ago ad thats how long it takes to provide a fridge?? Wow I did not know they were bringing it too us here by foot from china, but I guess it's better for the environment.

There are more tiny stuff that are possible to live with and not really worth mentioning. So I'm sitting here with greasy hair, hungry with nothing to eat and I cant really go out because I'm waiting for the plumber plus I look like a homeless person.

BUT: the flat is so nice, we really like it here and it already feels like home to us. I dont even mind the drunks outside our bedroom window at night.

Moving day!

Finally the day is here!
We are pretty much packed and I'm just sitting here surrounded by boxes waiting for the movers to come and do all the heavy lifting. The biggest problem for me with the packing has been wrapping glass in newspapers and handling cardboard boxes. The material of the paper and cardboard against my palms makes my skin crawl. I hate it. And the sound of the boxes when I close them, it's gonna give me nightmares. At the start I was labelling boxes, but after a few I just got bored with it. I know I will regret it in a few hours when we arrive at the new flat.

I just want to sleep now. ZZZzzzZZZ

Double curtain pole

The only place in the UK atm where I can find double curtain poles is at IKEA and the closest one is an hour away. I really want them double because it makes all the difference to me. My favourite summer curtains are the extremely cheap "sarita" ones from IKEA. They are not that great as singles but works great with another pair in another color or with any other kind of curtains. I have them in purple and turquoise and I like them together. They worked great in my old plum colored living room.

That will be my next mission I guess. Double double double! Need to find them.

The soundtrack of my house

A good soundtrack for different occasions is important to me. I like having a list for cleaning, a list for chilling out etc. One song that will always have a place on any of my lists is M83's "We own the sky". It makes me feel like I can do anything.

It is my soundtrack atm

The mystery of the vanishing chopping board

The man of the house wanted to make a late night sandwich. He came into the living room with this look on his face and said that he couldnt find the chopping board. Like always in situations like this I sigh and get up to work my magic. But I couldnt find it either. I mean it has its place in the kitchen, same place as always. If its not there it's usually in the sink.
We searched the kitchen, even in the washing machine and the freezer! Then we just moved on, maybe it had grown legs to try and run away from all the knifing. Maybe it was seeking it's revenge. It wasn't in the bath tub either.  Since we are moving house on tuesday I thought for a second I had packed it in a box or something, doesn't sound like something I would do tho. Packing when its a whole four days left I mean.

So we just stood there in the kitchen staring at each other, started to think about ghosts and alternate universes. Then I saw a spider in the corner of my eye and threw myself in the big comfortable arms of my guy. (For a while he thought the chopping board was attacking me) He came to my rescue and "removed" the spider from the wall. And then he held me for a while, and while he did that I saw the chopping board. Hiding against the white tile ... right next to where the spider was.

Camouflage!
And who put it there?

And yes we need more than one chopping board, and yes we are getting the granite one from argos. And yes we have been saying that for 6 months now.

Freecycle

There is a network called freecycle where you can find things and give away things for free. Sounds good right?
We just gave away a 28" TV and a dining table + chairs. They were not in the most amazing condition but the TV is working fine and the table and chairs are complete just not very good looking. My plan was to alter them in some way but then I decided i didn't even like the shapes of them. Fold out tables just annoy me for some reason.

The freecycle mission statement:

"Our mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community."

Just register at the website and join groups in your area. It's as easy as that. Just click here to go there right now.  And then spread the word!

I'm all for recycling and using things until there is no possible use left of it, usually your trash can be someone elses treasure.

Btw I'm working on getting a better camera since I accidentally drowned my old one in apple juice a little while ago. Since I love photography it has to be done! And very very soon. (Like next week)

Is there any hope for this stuff? Not for me, but maybe for the guy who is picking it up tonight.

My love of wallpaper

As i said in the previous post there are not a lot of fun "wall-action" going on around here. It made me miss my swedish kitchen. I still have my flat in Sweden, I have a tenant living there atm until I finish school so I officially can move to England. When I moved in there I changed everything from the kitchen cabinets to wallpaper and floors.

I love doing that, just rip everything out!

Out with the old, in with the new!

The magnolia England

Everywhere I go I see the color "magnolia", a bright beige/white color. It has gone so far it's making me sick actually. I am not exaggerating at all now when I say that every landlord in at least this area paint the interiors of the houses in magnolia.

The place we live in now is in .... magnolia. Every room!

The place we are moving to .... magnolia.

I will get rid of it. As god is my witness I will never live in a magnolia house again! At least one wall here and there will be another color or I will go into a magnolia coma. Why even sell other colors when every single person buy the same color?

This is the old fireplace at the current house, it is the wall closest to me and i felt like writing about this without having to move from my seat because I'm lazy. (And I should be packing)

The difficulty of choosing the perfect tea pot

For a few months now my very english boyfriend have been wanting a tea pot. One that he will never clean, because that is how you make really great tea. I did not know that, but then I'm not English either.
We have seen tea pots, lots of tea pots. But he is very picky and we still don't have one because of this. So the other day I was doing some "window shopping" on various web shops and stumbled over it ... the perfect tea pot. And for a very reasonable price too!

It has to be mine!

My precious!

You can find it on Artbox, just dont make them sell out before I get my hands on one!